Written Language Bias in Linguistics - Its Nature, Origins and Transformations

Informationen zum Autor Per Linell Klappentext There is an extensive 'written language bias' in traditional and present day linguists and other language sciences. In this book, this point is argued with rich and convincing evidence from virtual all fields of linguistics. Zusammenfassung There is an extensive 'written language bias' in traditional and present day linguists and other language sciences. In this book, this point is argued with rich and convincing evidence from virtual all fields of linguistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: Preliminaries 1. Introduction 2. From aspects of communicative action to sets of abstract forms 3. Speech and writing, spoken and written language 4. The written language bias in linguistics Part Two: The Phenomenon and its Extension 5. The written language bias in 101 points Part Three: Discussion 6. The transformations of some written language-based themes 7. Critique of the written language bias arguments 8. People's languages and linguists' grammars 9. The written language bias - past, present, future

Product details

• Authors: Per Linell, LINELL PER
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2005
• EAN: 9780415349925
• ISBN: 978-0-415-34992-5
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory; Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Englisch